ITunes does not appear to be a valid music library file

i have uninstalled itunes and reinstalled it and when i try to open it is says that its not a valid music library file. What should i do? please help!

Does anyone have any ideas? thanks

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    Ever since downloaded Itunes 5, deleted started again back with 4.9 I have had nothing but problems. All my tunes are stored on an external hard drive.
    I have just reloaded all my music and tidied it all up nicely and then when it went to update the ipod this is the message I got :
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    iTunes has attempted to recover your music library and renamed this file iTunes 4musiclibrary(damaged)1.itl
    PLEASE HELP as this is really cracking me up now.

    This is really old, not sure how much still applies:
    Scott Patrie, "iTunes Library Does Not Appear To Be Valid" #1, 11:01pm Oct 10, 2004 CDT

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    i've uninstalled itunes before and reinstalled it off of the internet and i try to open it and it says "the file "itunes library.itl" does not appear to be a valid music library file. itunes has attempted to recover your music library and renamed this file to itunes library (damaged)

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  • What is causing this?  The file "iTunes Library.itl" does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has created a new iTunes library and renamed this file to "iTunes Library (Damaged) 4".  This happens everytime I start iTunes lateley.  Help!!!

    Everytime I open iTunes lately...I get all my music thrown out of the library and this annoying message come up...The file “iTunes Library.itl” does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has created a new iTunes library and renamed this file to “iTunes Library (Damaged) 4”.  Is this how an apple works?  It doesn't?  Why all of a sudden is it doing this?  Please help.  Thank you.
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    Did you happen to bring this iTunes library over from a windows machine? You might read this kb article to see if it helps http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451

  • ITunes error: "The file iTunes Library.itl does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file."

    Every couple of weeks I get this iTunes error after connecting iPod Nano 6th generation. Then it deletes my whole iPod content. I am running Windows 7 x64 Enterprise with latest patches, iTunes 10.2.2.14 and McAfee antivirus.
    I tried to reinstall QuickTime + iTunes, clean the system and then reinstall. But this does not work. I also tried to create a brand new library. But no success...
    Error: "The file iTunes Library.itl does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has attempted to recover your iTunes library and renamed this file to iTunes Library (Damaged) 3.itl."
    Any idea?

    No I haven't. I tried almost everything possible but without any remarkable shift. I am about to sell my brand new iPod:(

  • My computer The File "itunes library.til" does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file.  iTunes has attempted to recover your itunes library and renamed it to "iTunes Library (Damaged itl)"

    My computer crashed when I was using Itunes.  I got everything up and running and got this message "The File “itunes library.til” does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file.  iTunes has attempted to recover your itunes library and renamed it to “iTunes Library (Damaged itl)”  Everything loads up put in takes 10 min. then my music playlists are deleted everytime I turn Itunes on.  What can I do to solve this problem?  Thanks.

    Hi shyanne23,
    Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.  If your iTunes library file has become damaged in some way, you may want to try recreating your iTunes library and playlists by following this article:
    iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1451
    Cheers,
    - Ari

  • Xml/itl-"The file "iTunes Library.itl does not appear to be a valid..

    "The file "iTunes Library.itl does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has attempted to recover your iTunes library and renamed this file to "iTunes Library (Damaged).itl"
    does enyone know how to fix this for ever?
    thanks.

    Katrina, created test, copied ITL (I Tunes Library file?) across, did the shift thing, I Tunes opens with my songs, created a play list, closed I tunes, re-opened it, play list still there. Is that what you mean?
    I think I have some other issues as well.
    I Tunes says 2477 songs/485 artists, my I Pod has 300 more.
    Windows explorer suggests 589 artists (I keep library organised) I've lost the connection to the "movie" folder.
    Also despite songs appearing in the library, they won't play in I Tunes at all. Fine on Ipod (although not docked since this started), fine with other media. players in same location.
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  • ITuneslibrary.itl does not appear to be a valid itunes library file

    My computer had problems and I had to reinstall all my programs. I just had to reinstall itunes 8.0.1.11. I uninstalled itunes and after reinstalling and importing my songs backed up on a flash drive I now get a message stating:
    iTunes file "iTuneslibrary.itl" does not appear to be a valid library file. iTunes has attempted to recover your iTunes library and remamed this file to "iTuneslibrary(Damaged).itl"
    What can be done to restore everything so the error message goes away and all my songs are in iTunes?
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    actually I am having the same problems. it happened shortly after I installed itunes 8, however this also coincided with some music uploading. My problem is traced now through three different machines, all with the same mp3 library. However mine may be a little more problematic, because after I get this message, I quit itunes, then when I restart it I get the message about "itunes cannot run because of of its required files are missing. please reinstall itunes" Which I do and a few hours or days later I am faced with the exact same problem. I have tried re-writing my libray.xml file, re-importing library files, erasing all traces of itunes from my computer, installing on a fresh hard drive, and I even scanned all my mp3's using symantec antivirus, nothing appears strange. I am at a loss, and cannot find an answer. Does anyone have an answer?

  • Why has this occurred The file "iTunes Library.itl" does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has created a new iTunes library and renamed this file to "iTunes Library (Damaged)".

    My itunes library suddenly that the file “iTunes Library.itl” does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has created a new iTunes library and renamed this file to “iTunes Library (Damaged)”. I use an external hard drive for my Itunes.

    The library file appears to have been corrupted.  You say you use your external drive but is the whole library on it or only your media?  No matter, you will have to rebuild the library file:
    iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1451

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  • Does not appear to be a valid i tues library file.

    I keep getting the following error message;
    The file "i Tunes library .itl" does not appear to be a valid i Tunes library file. i Tunes has attemped to recover your i Tunes library and renamed this file to "i Tunes Library (Damaged) 23.itl"
    any ideas?

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4406112?start=0&tstart=0
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    My Music Library is stored on an Optibay drive.. when i leave iTunes idle for a while, Optibay drive sleeps, corrupting the iTunes Library when it closes, i think.

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    When i close the iTunes, and try and reopen, sometimes i get an error message the "file "" cannot be read because it does not appear to be a valid library file".
    When i restart the computer it seems to be a temporary fix.
    This started happening when i upgarded to iTunes10.7, and the problem still persists in iTunes11.
    70,000 songs, so i really dont want to rebuild my Library.

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4406112?start=0&tstart=0
    This answered some of my questions.
    My Music Library is stored on an Optibay drive.. when i leave iTunes idle for a while, Optibay drive sleeps, corrupting the iTunes Library when it closes, i think.

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    My wife is trying to get iTunes to be her default media player, using the instructions found at this link: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3202.
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    Vik-
    I was having this same problem. I understood how to change the default program but like yours my iTunes was not in the list so therefore I was unable to set it to default.
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